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Sanitary Office,
Croydon.
Gentlemen,—I have the honour of submitting to you the
record of the work done by the Hospital department for the official
year ended March 31st, 1895.
1—The report would have been in your hands earlier but for the
fact that many of the statistical tables and charts which I submit
to your consideration have required a considerable amount of time
and care for their compilation.
2—For many reasons the year has been an eventful one in the
history of the Hospital department, not only because of the
pressure on its accommodation, which, for a short time in the
summer taxed its capacity to the utmost, but also because the longhoped
for scheme for the provision of a permanent isolation
Hospital was finally sanctioned.
3—The new buildings are now rapidly approaching completion,
and within a few months the Corporation of Croydon will
possess an excellent permanent Hospital capable of accommodating
over 100 patients and enabling the Sanitary Authority to
undertake the treatment of all classes of infectious disease (with
the exception of small-pox) without further addition for many years
to come.
4—Hospital Site and Buildings.—The sice comprises eight acres
of land occupying a moderately elevated position, situated in the
angle formed by the western boundary of the Borough and the
Wimbledon Railway. It is about two miles from the more populous
portions of the district.
5—I am indebted to Mr. W. Grant of the Engineer's department
for the accompanying block plan, which shows the outline of the
site and the disposition of the various buildings, distinguishing
the permanent brick structures and those made of wood and iron.